Princeton (LPH 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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CGMMANDER D A. LANE Present y 0 0 4!! y A Executive Officer Commander Dwight Arnold Lane reported aboard USS Princeton March 6, 1966 as the ship's Navigator and subsequently relieved CDR O'Brien as Executive Officer July 13. Born in Los Angeles on February 1, 1923, CDR Lane graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1945. As a junior officer, CDR Lane first served aboard the light cruiser Denver, then became Commanding Officer of two landing craft, LCS-128 and LSM-488. After attending Photo Interpretation School and serving with Photo Squadron Sixty-One for two years, he commenced Flight Training in February 1949. By May 1950 CDR Lane had successfully com- pleted his training and received the Naval Aviator's wings. Most of CDR Lane's subsequent years with the U. S, Navy were divided between Photography, Intelligence and Naval Aviation. Highlights of his career include, serving as the Photo Interpre- tation Officer aboard USS Essex during the Korean War, Naval Officer in charge of refugee interpretation in Berlin, Germany and becoming, first XO, then CO, of Patrol Squadron Two. Married to the former Margaret Lucille Thompson, CDR Lane has four children, Diana, Krissen, Susan and Scott.

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The PRINCETON is an amphibious as- sault carrier LPH, and as such functions as a high speed transport and launching platform for a battalion of Marines and their combat gear. In an assault area these Marines are embarked in helicopters and landed ashore. These troops may be used separately in commando type operations or, more likely, in support and augmentation of conventional amphibious forces. w...w...,v I .A 1 S AS SAU LT In the classic beach-head landing, helo- launched troops from the PRINCETON would be able to nullify fortifications and enemy troop concentrations, thus freeing the beach for a surface landing. This new concept in Warfare has been aptly named vertical envelopment , and through it, PRINCETON and other ships of the LPH type, have added a dramatic new dimension to amphibious warfare. .......h AM PHIBIOUS